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MS Exec: 'Our products just aren't engineered for security'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the see-no-evil dept.

Various Microsoft news tidbits contributed by numerous readers: Phoebus0 notes that Microsoft's Vice-President in charge of Windows development states flat out that Microsoft products aren't engineered for security, absolutely guaranteeing he'll have tomorrow's Ditherati quote. Many readers submitted this Knowledge Base article stating that Microsoft is mystified by a wave of successful hacks on assorted versions of Windows (there's also a news report on this). Microsoft has another security bulletin out on the digital certificate spoofing bug that has caused them so many problems recently.

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  1. Re:Upgrade Scheme? by lazy · · Score: 0, Troll
    Either you're blind, a blatant FUD-troll, or you mean something else...

    Download locations for this patch
    Microsoft Windows 98:
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/ conte nts/WUCritical/q328145/default.asp
    Windows 98 Second Edition:
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downl oads/conte nts/WUCritical/q328145/default.asp
    Windows Me:
    http://download.microsoft.com/download/WINME/ PATCH /25386/WINME/EN-US/328145USAM.EXE
    Windows NT 4.0:
    http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/downlo ads/cr itical/q328145/default.asp
    Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition:
    http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/termin alserver/d ownloads/critical/q328145/default.asp
    Windows 2000:
    To be released shortly
    [list goes on]


  2. Re:Upgrade Scheme? by beta21 · · Score: 0, Troll

    95 isn't supported ( ok, I can understand that )
    OK you are right here. There isn't a ptach for 95

    98 isn't supported ( getting a little too close for my comfort )
    Microsoft Windows 98:
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows98/downloads/conte nts/WUCritical/q328145/default.asp

    ME isn't supported ( didn't that just come out 2 years ago? )
    Windows Me:
    http://download.microsoft.com/download/WINME/PATCH /25386/WINME/EN-US/328145USAM.EXE

    And the bulletin does say win2k patch will be released soon. I suppose reading the bulletin would take all the fun out of bashing MicroSoft for bullying us into upgrading right?

  3. Re:Stop picking on the engineers by GreenKiwi · · Score: 1, Troll

    Actually, from what I gather MS's R&D engineers are some of the best engineers around. The actual production engineers are good as well, but nowhere near their R&D counterparts.

    Yeah, they get their UI from Apple, and buy up/copy any other promising piece of software or technology.

  4. PSS := "Poor Server Software"? by tlambert · · Score: 1, Troll

    PSS := "Poor Server Software"?

    -- Terry